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US states with significant Pashtun populations, based on the 2000 Census.. Early 1860s Pashtuns Begin migration to United States than 1920s 200 Pashtun Families Move From Afghanistan to United States, 1979 Soviet Union Invasion of Afghanistan Largest Pashtun Communities move to United States among Other Ethnic people of Afghanistan, Many Pashtuns Living in America are from Afghanistan and ...
[63] [59] While speakers of Pashto in the country number only 21,677 as of 2011, estimates of the ethnic or ancestral Pashtun population in India range from 3,200,000 [10] [64] [65] to 11,482,000, [66] to as high as double their population in Afghanistan (approximately 30 million).
He was born in Kabul, Afghanistan and is an ethnic Pashtun of the Kakar tribe. Zareen Khan – Indian actress who made her debut in Bollywood. She has Pashtun ancestry from her father's side and originally from Swat; Aamir Khan – famous Bollywood actor, his family has roots from Herat in Afghanistan, he belongs to the Khan-Hussain family.
As the British census only collects data based on national origin, Pashtuns usually self-report their ethnicity as Pakistani or Afghan for statistical purposes. [5] As of 2009, the total Pashtun population in the UK was estimated to number 100,000. [4] The language database Ethnologue reported at least 87,000 Pashto-speakers in the UK. [15]
Pashtun diaspora (Pashto: بهر میشت پښتانه) comprises all ethnic Pashtuns. There are millions of Pashtuns who are living outside of their traditional homeland of Pashtunistan , a historic region that is today situated over parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan . [ 12 ]
The Pashtun tribes (Pashto: پښتانه قبايل), are tribes of the Pashtun people, a large Eastern Iranian ethnic group who speak the Pashto language and follow Pashtunwali, the social code of conduct for Pashtuns.
The Mangal (Pashto: منګل) are a tribe of the Pashtun people residing in eastern Paktia and adjacent Khost provinces of Afghanistan, and in the town of Tari Mangal, district Kurram, Pirdil Khel, Fatima Khel and Surrani of Bannu Pakistan. Their land constitutes the northeastern part of the Loya Paktia (Greater Paktia) region.
The Saṛbanī (Pashto: سړبني) or Sarban Confederacy are a tribal group of Pashtuns. They are situated in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Sarbani include many Pashtun tribes, including Yusufzai, Sherani, Tareen, Loni, Durrani (Abdali), Khalil, Kheshgi, Kasi which includes Mohmand and Shinwari, Daudzai, Muhammadzai, Chamkani and Tarkalani.